Des was born in Dublin on the 8th September, 1941, and entered the Jesuit noviceship at Emo Park, Co. Laois in 1959. After the noviceship he followed the usual course of Jesuit studies. He took a degree in experimental physics in UCD in 1965, after which he studied philosophy in St. Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. When Des completed his ...